Clean Sport Week 2024
Journey to the Podium
Look back at the journey! UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD) national awareness week, Clean Sport Week took place this year on 13 - 17 May, ‘Journey to the Podium’.
We spoke with Alistair Brownlee about his journey to the podium, fair play in sport and the importance of clean sport education. Alistair discussed how important it is for athletes to have a good team around them, to help them on that journey.
UKAD published a refreshed Strategic Plan. Its Strategic Refresh recalibrates the existing strategy (running from 2021-2025), revitalising and extending its plans until 2026. Key new additions to the strategy include a clear focus on putting the athlete voice first, strengthening the organisation’s powers and capabilities to identify and act on wrongdoing, and to actively support and advise on wider sport integrity issues.
Kelly Sotherton MBE shared with us how it felt to miss out on her podium moment because of other competitors' doping.
Former Paralympic swimmer Giles Long MBE led a panel discussion discussing a para-athlete's journey to the podium. Our panellists included Dr Oliver Sindall, Mental Health Lead at the UK Sports Institute, Ali Jawad, UKAD Athlete Commission Member and Paralympic Powerlifter, Diccon Edwards, Performance Director at British Wheelchair Basketball, and Emilie Moffat, Performance Sport Education Manager at UKAD.
Dame Katherine Grainger talked to us about the fun and joy of sport, which holds so much power when it is something we can all believe in as fair play.
Athletes shared with us their own journeys in sport - what motivated them to take up their sport and how they achieve their goals along the way.